Support for telephone receivers



May 8, 1923.

1,454,533 M. A. BOWEN SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONE-RECEIVERS Filed July 13 1921P c f A1 INVENTOR.

. ATTORNEY.

Patented May 8, 1923.

MANLEY A. BOWEN, O13 FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

Application filed July 13, 1921. Serial No. $4,402.

adjacent to the ear or" the speaker so that both hands may be free formaking notations or for other uses. While the arm is thus extended, thereceiver hook is released and the electrical circuit is completed. .Vhenthe receiver support is pushed to an approximately vertical position,the receiver hook is depressed and the circuit opened.

I accomplish these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side view of a desktelephone with the telephone attachment in position for talking. Figure2 is a fractional view of the telephone and the attachment showing thereceiver supporting arm in position with the receiver hook depressed.Figure 3 is a fractional reverse view of the clamp extension andreceiver support showing the stop which limits the movement of thereceiver support. In the drawing A is a clamp attached to the uprightpost of a telephone. A is an extending support of clamp A, supportingarm B which swingsv at pivot P and to which the receiver K may heclamped by clamp B B is an extension of arm B opposite the end to whichthe receiver is attached, which depresses receiver hook E when arm B ispushed slightly pasta vertical position, as shown in Figure 2. Support Ahas a stop D there on, to limit the movement of arm B. C is a dependingrod pivoted to arm B. Its function is to support receiver arm B when armB is dropped, by resting upon the surface of the desk or other objectupon which the telephone stands. Depending rod C has a weight C at thelower end thereof, the. ob ect being to counterbalance the weight I?01"" the receiver when the telephone is made inoperative. When it isdesired to use the telephone, depending rod C is pulled away from thetelephone and the weight C is rested upon the-surface of the object uponwhich the telephone stands. This movement raises arm extension B fromcontact with receiver hook E which is thereby released, closing theelectrical circuit necessary to make the telephone operative, re-

ceiver K is lowered into position adjacent to the ear of the speaker andis held in that position by depending rod C.

When the telephone is not in use, depending rod C is pushed to anapproximately vertical position where it normally rests.

This movement returns receiver K to a position of rest above themouthpiece of the telephone and arm extension B depresses receiver hookE thereby opening the electrical circuit.

I claim as new and ask for Letters Patent.

In combination with a desk telephone having an upright support, atransmitter, a receiver, and a hook adapted to hold the receiver and todisconnect the electrical circuit when the receiver is depressed, of amember adapted to be clamped. to the support, an arm pivoted to theclamped member, said arm having at one end an extension adapted todepress the telephone hook when the arm is raised approximately ver-.

tically and to release the hook when the arm is moved to extendoutwardly from the support, means on said. arm for holding the receiver,and a rigid support weighted at one end and pivoted to the arm at theother end, and adapted to automatically swing to a vertical positionasthe arm is moved. stop means on said clamp, and means ons aid armadapted to cooperate with said stop means when the arm is raisedvertically to a position at which the weighted support counterbalancesthe telephone receiver.

MANLEY A. BOWEN,

